#E9C868#E9C868

#E9C868 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.121 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C868
RGB	rgb(233, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 55.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, 0.19, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 51.67, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0015 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.121 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7596, 59.6345, 21.6149)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C868 #6889E9

analogous

#E98768 #E9C868 #C9E968

triadic

#E9C868 #68E9C8 #C868E9

tetradic

#E9C868 #68E987 #6889E9 #E968C9

square

#E9C868 #68E987 #6889E9 #E968C9

split-complementary

#E9C868 #68C9E9 #8768E9

monochromatic

#BB921B #E1B533 #E9C868 #F1DB9D #F9EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E9C868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E9C868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C868

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C868	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.121 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d896',
    500: '#e9c868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c868;
$custom-light: #f3d896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 74.566,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84188,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C868

secondary

#3B5BBB

accent

#42D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C868

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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